Biography Category
(kl m´ n z) (KEY) , d. c.489 B.C., king of Sparta after 518 B.C. In accordance with Sparta’s policy of helping oligarchies in other states at the ...
(k s n´d r) (KEY) , 358–297 B.C., king of Macedon, one of the chief figures in the wars of the Diadochi. The son of Antipater, he was an officer un...
(k l s´tr t s) (KEY) , d. c.360 B.C., Athenian statesman and orator. Believing Thebes to be more dangerous to Athens than Sparta, he favored a peace ...
(Antigonus Doson) ( ntig´ n s d ´s n,–s n) (KEY) , d. 221 B.C., king of Macedon. On the death of Demetrius II he became regent for Demetrius’ so...
(s ´m n) (KEY) , d. 449 B.C., Athenian general and statesman; son of Miltiades. He fought at Salamis and shared command (with Aristides) of the fleet...
1893–1920, king of the Hellenes (1917–20), second son of Constantine I. After his father’s forced abdication, he succeeded to the Greek throne w...